Oh lovely was the evening...

Do you know what I see when I look at this?

I see kids playing at a park...
in January...
without coats on...
with the wind in their hair...
with the little one trying to boss the older one and the dog...
with their imaginations running...
and it makes me happy!

Yes in Oklahoma we have scorching hot August's and sometimes we have frigid February's but I don't mind a place where you can experience all four seasons in their glory. I wish at times it didn't happen all in one week - but when I can have a fun afternoon at the park in January with my kids, I'll take it!

Oh the weather outside...

can be...well give it a minute and it will change. For example at one point yesterday it was 75 degrees. Tonight as I type this it's 36 degrees. This is why I'm thankful for the weather.

It can be frightful...

(This was actually the day of the Norman torado this year.)

 

(This was today!)

 

The weather here can be down right hot in the summer. Snowy & icy in the winter, but it's always changing which teaches us all good lessons:

• that change happens all the time, so just learn to go with it
• it's nothing we can control
• be patient - it will change soon enough.

For this I truly am grateful!

Ahh...January

January weather in Oklahoma typically means the temperature is a high of 40 degrees and windy and cold.

So when we are given days when the temperature is near 70 degrees I make us go to the park...

We took video but I'll spare you those - everyone ends the same with the kids coming up to me saying "I wanna see".

I don't believe in global warming and quite frankly I don't care why our days are so pleasant lately. I'm going to take them with a smile because I know sooner or later...we'll have our winter and I'll be longing for days where the high temperature was 70 degrees.

Seasons

Today I am thankful for living in a place where we can experience all four distinct seasons.

It makes your wardrobe a bit big as you have to have thick winter coats for the times it's -20 degrees as well as swimsuits to take a break from the 100 degree days.

 

 

     

To me it's great to experience every wonder of each season. For example today we put our outside Christmas lights up because it was 70 degrees with some wind. (There's always wind in Oklahoma you just get used to it.) Sometimes in November it's cold and rainy. What a beautiful day - I will be glad in it!